Hi, Guest
08-11-2005, 04:45 PM
Hey, you were going pretty good .. for a Focus, and good to see you & the other Foci come out.
I went out in the Ford GT at the end of the day - no other lapping cars on track -- AWESOME as now the driver was finally able to really stretch the car's legs (most of those 'passenger ride' laps were done fairly slowly due to the other cars on track and only 2 passing zones on the track) .. and quite frankly, there is no way a Focus, or even a Mustang (or Marauder) for that matter could possibly hope to keep up with it :0-60MPH in 3.3secs!!
"Ready for launch??!!" he says to me as he hits the gas exiting the pit-lane. Wow.. I could immediately feel the G-forces pressing me back into the seat.
The car has great grip, great turn-in, and impressive braking capabilities.
We got up to about 122MPH the Fabi straight and he literally threw the car into the right-hander at the end, riding the full width of the apex curbing - wow.. what grip!
Then he looked down and ** realized that the hand-brake was still on!!** (..s urely only partially on?!)
Either way, next lap we were over 125MPH on the straight!
"All good things must come to an end" he said as he coasted through the final 2 turns before pulling into the pitlane.
It was over too soon.. but wow, what a ride!
I went out in the Ford GT at the end of the day - no other lapping cars on track -- AWESOME as now the driver was finally able to really stretch the car's legs (most of those 'passenger ride' laps were done fairly slowly due to the other cars on track and only 2 passing zones on the track) .. and quite frankly, there is no way a Focus, or even a Mustang (or Marauder) for that matter could possibly hope to keep up with it :0-60MPH in 3.3secs!!
"Ready for launch??!!" he says to me as he hits the gas exiting the pit-lane. Wow.. I could immediately feel the G-forces pressing me back into the seat.
The car has great grip, great turn-in, and impressive braking capabilities.
We got up to about 122MPH the Fabi straight and he literally threw the car into the right-hander at the end, riding the full width of the apex curbing - wow.. what grip!
Then he looked down and ** realized that the hand-brake was still on!!** (..s urely only partially on?!)
Either way, next lap we were over 125MPH on the straight!
"All good things must come to an end" he said as he coasted through the final 2 turns before pulling into the pitlane.
It was over too soon.. but wow, what a ride!
'00 ZX3, WW 'W-Typ' kit & 3-pc Wing, 17" CSA Ultra 5-spoke rims, Progress Springs, SPAX shocks & struts, MAC Intake.